diff --git a/roles/matrix-prometheus-node-exporter/defaults/main.yml b/roles/matrix-prometheus-node-exporter/defaults/main.yml
index 1a086b311..a7f25c210 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-prometheus-node-exporter/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/matrix-prometheus-node-exporter/defaults/main.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ matrix_prometheus_node_exporter_docker_image_force_pull: "{{ matrix_prometheus_n
 # A list of extra arguments to pass to the container
 matrix_prometheus_node_exporter_container_extra_arguments: []
 
+# A list of extra arguments to pass to the node_exporter process
+#
+# Example:
+# matrix_prometheus_node_exporter_process_extra_arguments:
+#   - "--collector.systemd"
+#   - "--collector.logind"
+#
+# Note: the above is just an example. We have not confirmed that these collectors work when running in a container.
+# In fact, the systemd collector is exhibiting issues:
+# > caller=collector.go:169 level=error msg="collector failed" name=systemd duration_seconds=0.000121001 err="couldn't get dbus connection: dial unix /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket: connect: no such file or directory"
+matrix_prometheus_node_exporter_process_extra_arguments: []
+
 # List of systemd services that matrix-prometheus.service depends on
 matrix_prometheus_node_exporter_systemd_required_services_list: ['docker.service']
 
diff --git a/roles/matrix-prometheus-node-exporter/templates/systemd/matrix-prometheus-node-exporter.service.j2 b/roles/matrix-prometheus-node-exporter/templates/systemd/matrix-prometheus-node-exporter.service.j2
index e38b42e31..d0bfa4cce 100644
--- a/roles/matrix-prometheus-node-exporter/templates/systemd/matrix-prometheus-node-exporter.service.j2
+++ b/roles/matrix-prometheus-node-exporter/templates/systemd/matrix-prometheus-node-exporter.service.j2
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ ExecStart={{ matrix_host_command_docker }} run --rm --name matrix-prometheus-nod
 			--pid=host \
 			--mount type=bind,src=/,dst=/host,ro,bind-propagation=rslave \
 			{{ matrix_prometheus_node_exporter_docker_image }} \
-			--path.rootfs=/host
+			--path.rootfs=/host {{ matrix_prometheus_node_exporter_process_extra_arguments|join(' ') }}
 
 ExecStop=-{{ matrix_host_command_sh }} -c '{{ matrix_host_command_docker }} kill matrix-prometheus-node-exporter 2>/dev/null || true'
 ExecStop=-{{ matrix_host_command_sh }} -c '{{ matrix_host_command_docker }} rm matrix-prometheus-node-exporter 2>/dev/null || true'